Learn about Hispanic cultural holidays. Use keyword searches on specific holidays.

• Celebrating Hispanic Heritage! www.biography.com/hispanic-heritage/index.jsp

• Fact Monster Hispanic National Holidays, www.factmonster.com/spot/hhmholidays1.html

• KidzWorld Hispanic Culture and Traditions, http://www.kidzworld.com/article/4973-hispanic-culture-and-traditions
KidzWorld Hispanic Culture and Heritage, http://www.kidzworld.com/article/5032-hispanic-culture-and-heritage

• Hispanic Fiestas, http://holidays.mrdonn.org/hispanic.html

• Hispanic Culture Online (holidays): http://holidays.mrdonn.org/hispanic.html

(Use the websites above to answer the following questions. Print this page or ask in the library for a print copy of this scavenger hunt.)

1. List as many traditional holidays as you can find that are celebrated by many or all Hispanic Americans.

2. Choose one holiday and learn more about it. Answer these questions.

• Write the name and date(s) of the holiday


• Hispanic Americans from which countries observe this holiday?




• What is the holiday about—does it celebrate a religious tradition, historic event, specific national or cultural heritage, or something else?




• How do people observe this holiday? What events, activities, foods, colors, decorations… are part of a traditional observance?